Roll of Honor
Incident
Deputy Sheriff Barrett Hill was shot and killed while chasing car theft suspects in a wooded area in the 900 block of Dunson Glen Drive.
He and his field training officer had responded to a call of two people breaking into cars. Upon their arrival, the suspects fled into a wooded area and the officers pursued them on foot. Deputy Hill radioed that he had captured one of the suspects.
Soon after, his training officer gunshots and was unable to reach Deputy Hill by radio. He was located moments later by his training officer. Despite wearing a vest, Deputy Hill had sustained gunshot wounds to the face, chest, and hand. He was pronounced dead at the scene.
The subject who shot him then carjacked a woman in a nearby apartment complex and escaped the scene. He was arrested later in the morning approximately 75 miles away after being spotted by a sheriff's deputy in another jurisdiction. On January 16th, 2002, the man was found guilty of murder and sentenced to death.
Deputy Hill was a U.S. Army Veteran of the Gulf War. He had served as a jailer for the Harris County Sheriff's Office for 3-1/2 years and was just finishing his field training before becoming a patrol deputy.
Survivors
He is survived by his wife, two daughters, parents, and siblings.
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I served 1985 to 1993. You served too, before the badge - different uniform, same idea. You go where you are sent and you do not get to pick the call.
Deputy Sheriff Hill gave the Harris County Sheriff's Office 3 years.
Thank you for your service to the Houston community. Thank you for your service before it. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, brother.
— S. Vincent Anthony, U.S. Army 1985-1993
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Service Record
Incident Details
Military Service
Barrett Travis Hill served in the Army (1990â1991) before joining law enforcement.
Deputy Sheriff Barrett Travis Hill is one of 17,623 officers killed feloniously — deliberately targeted and murdered in the line of duty across the full record of this memorial — 54.2% of all 32,508 officers honored here.
In TX, 1,463 of 2,421 officers were killed feloniously — deliberately targeted and murdered in the line of duty — 60.4% of this state's fallen. That is 6.2 percentage points above the national rate of 54.2%.
At Harris County Sheriff's Office, 23 of 56 officers on record were killed feloniously — deliberately targeted and murdered in the line of duty — 41.1% of this agency's fallen.
National Cause Distribution
How Felonious compares to all causes of officer death in the memorial record. Barrett Travis Hill's cause is highlighted.
How Barrett Travis Hill Compares
When Felonious Deaths Occur
Monthly distribution of Felonious deaths across the full memorial record. Barrett Travis Hill is highlighted in Dec.
Weapons Used Against Officers
Most common weapons in felonious officer deaths.
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